Why Our Kids Should Go To College
IMO, our kids should be encouraged to go to college. I’ve felt this way every since I was quite young, perhaps because it was a huge part of the ethos of growing up in the Shields family, but maybe because, even at an early age, it was clear to me that a good education had huge value, completely independent of one’s earning potential.
Now, all those years later, a new dynamic has entered the equation, at least the way I see it, and that is extreme right-wing politics, white nationalism, and all the rest of this ignorance. College-educated professionals are less likely to be Trump supporters than tradespeople. Reading about other cultures, studying history, not to mention learning basic science makes it very hard to think that God sent us Trump as a gift to make America great again, and that white people are the master race.
Having my kids growing up to be unable to see that Trump is a criminal sociopath would sadden me beyond words.
Here’s my friend, the suspicious dog, one more time. Like him, I feel that I’m being lied to frequently, e.g., when I come across articles like this one, focused on discrediting 
Until Ruth Bader Ginsberg died and the process of reshaping the U.S. Supreme Court to drive a far-right political agenda began, very few Americans paid any real attention to the philosophies of the individual justices. Sure, there were liberals and conservatives, but the broad presumption was that they would continue to balance themselves out.
Of course it’s possible. No one knows how this is going to work out.
Well, probably not, but the point is a good one.
It would be comforting to know that there are elements in our society that are likely to improve our lives, to make them safer, more productive, and more sustainable.
I hate to complain, or to invalidate this judge, but I think everyone who’s read the First Amendment understands this.
I hope you’ll check out 
I wrote a post recently on Bill Gates, and how the QAnon people believe that his mission is to enslave the world’s population by forcing everyone to become microchipped.
